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Seeing double: Dual-grille Lincoln Zephyr heads to Hershey

An Illinois inventor couldn't resist doubling up the grille on his 1936 Lincoln Zephyr sedan. The result is a bit surreal. Photo courtesy of Matt Klinger.

The 1936 Lincoln Zephyr stands as a classic example of streamlined art deco design, but Willard L. Morrison of Lake Forest, Ill., must have found it to be a bit incomplete as-delivered.

That would explain why Morrison felt the need to add a second grille to the sleek sedan shortly after purchasing it new.

Viewed in profile, nothing looks amiss—the lines of the car are essentially unaltered. That all changes if you walk around the front. The pair of grilles sits side-by-side, each topped by a locomotive-like hood ornament.

Fabrication quality is reportedly very high; this was no hack job. Morrison beefed up cooling components as well, even splitting the radiator to mirror the new grille setup.

Graham Kozak
- Graham Kozak drove a 1951 Packard 200 sedan in high school because he wanted something that would be easy to find in a parking lot. He thinks all the things they're doing with fuel injection and seatbelts these days are pretty nifty too.
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